Fish Oil Enriched Pigs
A good friend of mine is from Minnesota, a small town town up near the Canadian border where it's beyond cold. He hightailed it out of there, soon after graduating from high school, and has lived in Florida for quite a while.
My friend does go back to his home town occasionally, especially in the summer when he can handle the temperature. He gave me a call today to tell me about a study that he thought I would be interested in. It was done at the University of Minnesota.
I wondered if perhaps the study was performed on the voters in Minnesota to determine why in the world they would elect both Al Franken as senator and Jesse Ventura as governor.
The study was actually done to isolate a gene that codes an enzyme that helps convert omega 6 fats, which are found in many grains, into heart-healthy omega 3s. The researchers used a type of nematode worm in the study. It's not like they were trying to create pigs that are enriched with omega 3s, to help consumers increase their heart health, but who knows, that might happen in the future.
In case you didn't know this, Brother Pig has a circulatory system very similar to humans, and scientists wanted to investigate the effects of internally produced omega 3 fats compared with omega 3 fats in the diet.
There have been many studies completed which have shown the benefits of omega 3s, particularly in heart health, with results concluding that omega 3s can reduce the chance of sudden death due to heart attack, most probably by slowing down the heart rate. These beneficial omega 3 fatty acids are found in pharmaceutical grade fish oiul.
An important study was done in Italy which lasted 3 1/2 years and concluded that there was a considerable decrease in the death rate from heart attack in patients who took fish oil every day. The death rate was actually reduced by 50%.
Omega 3s also raise HDL or "good" cholesterol.
They lower triglycerides.
There is now accumulating evidence that Omega 3s may even reduce the incidence of macular degeneration, and other eye problems.
There is also evidence to show that DHA, (docosahexaenoic acid), can possibly protect the brain from succumbing to dementia.
EPA, (eicosapentaenoic acid), affects the suppleness of the arteries.
The Omega 3s come from small chain fish, anchovy, and sardines, not salmon. Salmon production was one of the reasons that the Minnesota researchers were looking at the production of omega 3 pigs.
Will we ever produce Omega 3 pigs?
There is no concrete answer right now, but isn't it fun to think about getting your daily doses of EPA and DHA from your breakfast bacon, or your barbecued ribs? Until we know for sure, don't forget to take your fish oil the sensible way: by soft gel. - 17274
My friend does go back to his home town occasionally, especially in the summer when he can handle the temperature. He gave me a call today to tell me about a study that he thought I would be interested in. It was done at the University of Minnesota.
I wondered if perhaps the study was performed on the voters in Minnesota to determine why in the world they would elect both Al Franken as senator and Jesse Ventura as governor.
The study was actually done to isolate a gene that codes an enzyme that helps convert omega 6 fats, which are found in many grains, into heart-healthy omega 3s. The researchers used a type of nematode worm in the study. It's not like they were trying to create pigs that are enriched with omega 3s, to help consumers increase their heart health, but who knows, that might happen in the future.
In case you didn't know this, Brother Pig has a circulatory system very similar to humans, and scientists wanted to investigate the effects of internally produced omega 3 fats compared with omega 3 fats in the diet.
There have been many studies completed which have shown the benefits of omega 3s, particularly in heart health, with results concluding that omega 3s can reduce the chance of sudden death due to heart attack, most probably by slowing down the heart rate. These beneficial omega 3 fatty acids are found in pharmaceutical grade fish oiul.
An important study was done in Italy which lasted 3 1/2 years and concluded that there was a considerable decrease in the death rate from heart attack in patients who took fish oil every day. The death rate was actually reduced by 50%.
Omega 3s also raise HDL or "good" cholesterol.
They lower triglycerides.
There is now accumulating evidence that Omega 3s may even reduce the incidence of macular degeneration, and other eye problems.
There is also evidence to show that DHA, (docosahexaenoic acid), can possibly protect the brain from succumbing to dementia.
EPA, (eicosapentaenoic acid), affects the suppleness of the arteries.
The Omega 3s come from small chain fish, anchovy, and sardines, not salmon. Salmon production was one of the reasons that the Minnesota researchers were looking at the production of omega 3 pigs.
Will we ever produce Omega 3 pigs?
There is no concrete answer right now, but isn't it fun to think about getting your daily doses of EPA and DHA from your breakfast bacon, or your barbecued ribs? Until we know for sure, don't forget to take your fish oil the sensible way: by soft gel. - 17274
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These fish oil softgels have the greatest levels of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid around.
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